Edible Colors: See, Learn, Eat

by Jennifer Vogel Bass, Jennifer Vogel Bass (Photographer)

Overview

Now available board book!

Teach children how to eat their colors in this bold, artful concept book about the world of unusual fruits and vegetables!

Carrots are ORANGE.
They are also PURPLE.

Look what else can be PURPLE!

With a combination of unusual foods and a kaleidoscope of colors, this concept book shows that not all foods have to look the same way. A banana can be red, broccoli can be purple, and cherries can be yellow and still taste just as delicious.

Inspire picky eaters of all ages with Edible Colors, a book that shows how familiar tasty foods can look different, and new ones can can be similar to ones they've already tried.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781626722842
Publisher:	Roaring Brook Press
Publication date:	04/26/2016
Pages:	30
Sales rank:	363,546
Product dimensions:	6.50(w) x 6.50(h) x 0.65(d)
Lexile:	190L (what's this?)
Age Range:	2 - 5 Years

About the Author

Jennifer Vogel Bass grew up in rural Vermont. She has a BA in anthropology from Tufts University and an MA from the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, where she focused on environmental communications and sustainable agriculture. Over the course of three years, she photographed every variation of a fruit or a vegetable she could find. Currently, Jennifer lives with her family in leafy Maplewood, New Jersey.

Editorial Reviews

This well-designed title steps away from the narrow view that apples are red and steps into the seemingly infinite range of colors and varieties of the world.” —Booklist

“Bass presents a "rainbow of edible colors" in this attractive introduction to colors and food.” —School Library Journal

“This photographic study of colors introduces both widely known and unusual fruits and vegetables . . . This volume presents appetizing produce in an engaging array.” —Kirkus Reviews

From the Publisher

10/01/2014
PreS-Gr 1—Bass presents a "rainbow of edible colors" in this attractive introduction to colors and grown food. Each two-page spread follows the same format: a photo of a familiar fruit or vegetable is presented, followed by its more exotic counterpart. For instance, Bass informs readers that "Carrots are ORANGE. They are also PURPLE" and includes a photo of a deep purple carrot. Stating, "Look what else can be PURPLE!" she then goes on to provide images of purple corn, a black velvet apricot, blue podded peas, and more. The book contains examples of red, green, yellow, blue, and black, and readers will enjoy lush, attractive images of a red watermelon, a red Dacca banana, a green Gage plum, a Mexican lime, a yellow Amarillo watermelon, Anne yellow raspberries, Russian Blue potatoes, and many more. Other titles with similar themes or style include Bruce McMillan's Growing Colors (HarperCollins, 1988) and Lois Ehlert's Eating the Alphabet (Houghton Harcourt, 1989). This well-designed book is ideal as an independent reader or as an addition to storytimes focusing on colors or food.—Roxanne Burg, Orange County Public Library, CA

School Library Journal

2014-09-03
This photographic study of color introduces both widely known and unusual fruits and vegetables. "Carrots are ORANGE. / They are also PURPLE. // Look what else can be PURPLE!" Against white backgrounds, crisp photographs are captioned with the produce's common names. Purple Passion asparagus, Royal Burgundy beans and a Black Velvet apricot vie for readers' eyes on a crowded double-page spread; layouts illustrating the colors blue and black feature fewer specimens and more white space. Unusual, well-chosen examples such as the Red Dacca banana, Louisiana Long Green eggplant, and the fabulous, many-tentacled Buddha's Hand citron challenge readers' assumptions about familiar fruits and veggies and expand their knowledge of rarer varieties. Bass' groupings illustrate the fact that a color's name approximates, rather than pinpoints, its essential attributes. Thus, the Adirondack Blue and Russian Blue potatoes could easily have joined the purple denizens rather than reside with the blues. And the Black Beauty eggplant and Jewel black raspberries are, arguably, highly pigmented versions of the color purple. Two kale varieties—Redbor and Lacinato—are captioned as "Redbar" and "Lacinto." Clusters and groups are sometimes pluralized ("Jersey blueberries"), sometimes not ("Latham raspberry.") There's no attempt to depict scale—so a Calabrese broccoli is shown about half the size of a Bartlett pear. Quibbles aside, this volume presents appetizing produce in an engaging array. (Picture book. 2-5)

Kirkus Reviews